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The Dulles Brothers and American Cold War Policy
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The Dulles brothers were strong believers in America's responsibility to spread democracy and convert non-white people to American principles. They came to see communism as the biggest threat to their vision of capitalism and democracy.
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ChapterThe Dulles Brothers and American Cold War Policy
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The Dulles brothers, John Foster and Allen, believed that non-white people could maintain democracy if they were directed by whites, and that communism was the greatest threat to the kind of capitalism and democracy they held dear.
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The Dulles brothers, John Foster and Allen, believed that non-white people could maintain democracy if they were directed by whites, and that communism was the greatest threat to the kind of capitalism and democracy they held dear.